Pakistani poet
Abid Ali Abid (Urdu/Persian: سید عابد علی عابد) was a Pakistani Urdu and Persian poet and educator who was born on 17 September 1906 in Dera Ismail Khan, British India and died in Lahore, Pakistan on 20 January 1971.[1][2][3]
Life
He wrote books on literary criticism in Urdu and Persian. He also initiated and edited several literary journals, one of which is Sahifa-Lahore.[citation needed] He also was one of the initial drama writers and feature writers at the newly established Radio Pakistan Lahore in the late 1940s and 1950s.[citation needed] He survived three heart attacks but succumbed to the fourth in 1971.[4]
Selected work
Books
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- Talismaat (The Magic), Urdu fiction, Hashmi Book Depot Lahore, Pakistan
- Shahbaz Khan, Urdu fiction, ISBN 969-35-0721-5, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
- Main Kabhi Ghazal na Kahta, Urdu poetry, ISBN 969-35-0181-0, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
- Usool-E-Intequade-Adabiyat (Rules of Literary Criticism)
- Shar-i-Iqbal, (A criticism of Iqbal's Poetry), ISBN 969-35-1436-X / 969351436X, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pakistan
- Political Theory of the Shi'ties, Part of the history of Muslim philosophy.
- Asloob, an Urdu book on literary criticism
- Albayan, an Urdu book on literary criticism
- Al Badeeh (Mohsinaat e Shairi Ka Intaqadi Jaiza): (Criticism of the Characteristics of Urdu poetry)
References
- ^ "Death anniversary of Abid Ali Abid being observed". Dunya News. 17 September 1906. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Talbot, I.; Kamran, T. (2016). Lahore in the Time of the Raj. Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited. p. 79. ISBN 978-93-86057-55-6. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Abid Ali Abid Poetry - Love & Sad Shayari, Ghazals, Nazams". UrduPoint. 17 September 1906. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Urdu text book for BA, Published by Prince Books, Lahore Pakistan, 2005 (A book for Urdu as elective subject in BA)[citation needed]
External links
- A link to Abid's poetry
- Urdu Poetry Selection
